HomeNewsPhotos

Planes over water

AIR FORCE PHOTOS

Clear Filters | 1041 - 1055 of 1055 results

More support in Liberia

LUNGI, Sierra Leone -- An Air Force MC-130P Combat Shadow lands here with supplies and people headed for the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia on July 28. The aircraft is assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Group at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The 398th Air Expeditionary Group is here to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the humanitarian assistance survey team and the fleet antiterrorism security team in Liberia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Pyle)
Details Download

Hot time on the flightline

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Master Sgt. Scott Nybakken prepares a C-130 Hercules for an airlift mission to Iraq. Nybakken is a crew chief with the Delaware Air National Guard's 166th Airlift Wing. Airmen endure temperatures of at least 115 degrees daily on the flightline at their forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
Details Download

Air show

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A British C-130J launches flare countermeasures prior to being the first coalition aircraft to land on the reopened military runway at Baghdad International Airport, July 1. The runway was bombed by coalition aircraft and has been closed since the beginning of the war. Repaired by the 1st Expeditionary Red Horse Group and the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron it is now operational. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert R. Hargreaves Jr.)
Details Download

ROK Hercules

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A Republic of Korea air force C-130 lands here with a load of simulated heavy cargo drops for Cooperative Cope Thunder, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored air combat training exercise. The ROK is helping provide airlift for personnel and cargo during Cope Thunder, which ends June 20. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown)
Details Download

Twisters

UDON THANI, Thailand -- An MC-130P Combat Shadow from the 17th Special Operations Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, begins its takeoff roll on the runway here. People from the 353rd Special Operations Group recently deployed to Thailand for Cobra Gold 2003, a multination, multiservice exercise designed to ensure regional peace, strengthen the ability of the Thai armed forces and demonstrate U.S. resolve in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Henderson)
Details Download

Cope Thunder

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A Japanese air self-defense force C-130 taxis here after a long flight from Hokkaido, Japan. About 275 Japanese airmen are participating in Cooperative Cope Thunder, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored air-combat training exercise set for June 5 to 20. Cope Thunder represents the first time the Japanese have deployed aircraft to North America for an exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown)
Details Download

Take off

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- An Air Force reservist from the 910th Maintenance Squadron launches a C-130 Hercules from here for a mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. More than 200 mobilized reservists from the 910th Airlift Wing at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, are deployed here and assigned to the 38th Airlift Squadron (Provisional). (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Caryn Gardenhire)
Details Download

Catchin' a lift

ALEXANDRIA, La. -- A mortar carrier Stryker vehicle makes its way off a California Air National Guard C-130 Hercules at Esler Air Field, La. The C-130s, which carry single Strykers, delivered 21 Strykers and 175 soldiers to the air field from a forward landing strip at Fort Polk, La. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lorie Jewell)
Details Download

Pit stop

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AFPN) -- A C-130 Hercules carrying passengers from the Regional Air Movement Control Center refuels here on its way to Kabul International Airport. Center representatives went to Kabul to discuss airspace safety with aviation officials and civilian aircraft operators. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. James Madeiros)
Details Download

Fire pit

POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- An aircraft fuselage and cockpit burns at the aircraft fire training pit here as a C-130 Hercules takes off. The base fire department's training pit allows Pope firefighters to safely practice extinguishing aircraft fires. During training, temperatures exceed 2,000 degrees in the pit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason A. Neal)
Details Download

Taking on gas

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- An HH-60G Pave Hawk receives fuel from an HC-130 on May 5 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Both aircraft belong to Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
Details Download

Hercules lineup

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- C-130 Hercules sit on the ramp at a forward-deployed location supporting stabilization efforts inside Iraq. The aircraft are from the West Virginia Air National Guard's 130th Airlift Wing at Charleston. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt Terry L. Blevins)
Details Download

Calling home

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- An EC-130H Compass Call aircraft from the 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron refuels while flying a mission over Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Squadron airmen will return home soon to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Luis Drummond)
Details Download

Southwest Asia sunset

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A row of C-130 Hercules are parked along the 485th Air Expeditionary Wing's ramp at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. Seven C-130 units combined here to form the largest collection of the aircraft in the world, according to officials. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Manuel Martinez)
Details Download

Hercules row

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- A row of C-130 Hercules from the 485th Air Expeditionary Wing are parked at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. Seven C-130 units combined here to form the largest collection of the aircraft in the world, according to officials. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Manuel Martinez)
Details Download